Chuck Schumer

I would argue that is for political advantage. There is no principled reason to be against disclosure.

I was going to congratulate Senator Whitehouse on his great work here.

Well, but different if he gives money to a political campaign to influence the candidate.

The Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate in elections.

Without objection, the statement that he asked to have entered into the record.

The DISCLOSE Act, which I introduced with 50 colleagues last month, to end the toxic scourge of massive, undisclosed spending in elections.

Thanks to the effort by the public and private sector, most notably the Election Assistance Commission and the Pew Trusts, we now have the nation's first Election Performance Index, an idea I proposed several years ago but believed would…

I do not think you are afraid of being protested or picketed or something like that.

But here, Congressional action will vindicate rather than undermine Federalism by making it easier for States to do their jobs.

The deterrent effect should not be underestimated.

It is just confounding and strikes me as perhaps self-interested that people are actually against disclosure.

When groups can run ad campaigns without disclosing their true identities, they freely resort to vicious and dishonest attack ads.

The Federal Government is uniquely well suited to assist the States in nascent data collection efforts.

If you want a democracy worthy of our storied history, you must have 21st century management practices.

Free and fair elections are a founding principle of our democracy. They should not be for sale to the highest bidder.

I want to take a moment to recognize and thank one of the Senate's great public servants, the Staff Director of the Rules Committee, my dear friend, Jean Parvin Bordewich.

I think McCutcheon is a real turning point in our debate about money in politics.

American voters deserve an election system that allows every eligible American who wants to participate in our democracy the opportunity to do so without unnecessary burdens.

I think it will work very well in elections too where you have the same idea.

There is no reason why this DMV performance cannot be improved.

Good data help us spot, surface, and solve existing problems.

These pictures are worth a thousand words.

The bottom line is very simple. I respect my colleagues' fidelity to the First Amendment, but no amendment is absolute.

We have a lot of instances in our government where an up-front cost is recouped over the next 10 years.

Adequate facilities to vote and safety for our children cannot be competing interests.